Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-102
§450r Ackia Battleground National Monument; Establishment
Title 16 › CHAPTER 1 — NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › SUBCHAPTER LXI — NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL MONUMENTS AND MEMORIALS › § 450r
Summary
The Secretary of the Interior can acquire by purchase, condemnation, or donation land, easements, and buildings up to fifty acres to form the Ackia Battleground National Monument. When the Secretary is satisfied the United States has good title and the President proclaims it, the area, including the site of the Battle of Ackia, must be set aside for public benefit and enjoyment.
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Title 16, §450r
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The Secretary of the Interior is authorized in his discretion to acquire, by purchase or by condemnation and/or accept by donation in behalf of the United States, such lands, easements, and buildings not to exceed fifty acres, and when title satisfactory to the Secretary of the Interior shall have been vested in the United States such area or areas shall be, upon proclamation of the President, established, dedicated, and set apart as a public monument for the benefit and enjoyment of the people and shall be known as the “Ackia Battleground National Monument”: Provided, That such area shall include the site of the Battle of Ackia.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Inclusion in Natchez Trace ParkwayAckia Battleground National Monument included in the Natchez Trace Parkway, see section 460–1 of this title.
Executive Documents
Boundaries of MonumentBoundaries established by Presidential Proc. No. 2307, Oct. 25, 1938, 3 F.R. 2579, 53 Stat. 2494.
Reference
Citations & Metadata
Citation
16 U.S.C. § 450r
Title 16, Conservation
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102